Milk Glass Cherry Blossom nails

Squoval · Cherry Blossom

Doable at home

Milk Glass with small Snow White flowers and Shell Beige middles — smaller and denser than the daisies.

3 bottles: Milk Glass, Snow White and Shell Beige. Milk Glass and Snow White are close in tone, so the design is tonal rather than graphic. It shows up in daylight and softens indoors. The bottles are not all the same finish (sheer and crème), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

On a squoval the design has real width to work across, and the rounded corners are what stop the straight walls catching on things.

Make it yours

Pick a part of the nail, then a shade
Base: Milk Glass · Sheer Open the bottle

Bottles for this nail

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What you need

Base colour cured
Petal paint detail brush
Fine liner centres and stems

How to paint Milk Glass Cherry Blossom nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Three sheer coats of Milk Glass — it is translucent, so it builds rather than covers.
  2. 2 Five tiny Snow White petals per flower, scattered rather than spaced, then dot the Shell Beige centres.
  3. 3 Gloss top coat, cure, then cuticle oil once it is out of the lamp.

Questions about Milk Glass Cherry Blossom

  • Is Milk Glass Cherry Blossom hard to do at home?

    Yes, with a steady hand. The motif is freehand, so the first nail is usually the worst one. Budget around 45 minutes for a full set, and three colours means three chances for something to bleed, so cure between each one rather than working wet on wet.

  • What polish do I need for Milk Glass Cherry Blossom?

    3 bottles: Milk Glass (sheer), Snow White (crème) and Shell Beige (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Milk Glass Cherry Blossom work on short nails?

    A squoval works short: you lose canvas width rather than length, so the motif just sits closer together.

  • How many coats does Milk Glass Cherry Blossom need?

    More than you would expect. Milk Glass is translucent, so the colour builds over three thin coats rather than covering in two. Stop wherever you like the depth — that is the point of a sheer.

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